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East Tennessee > ETHS Restoring Rubik’s Cube from ‘82 World’s Fair

From The Knoxville News-Sentinel:

Brittnee Robinson, a junior in electrical engineering and chairwoman of the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers at UT, said the project is volunteer and extracurricular.

She said she knew nothing of the Rubik's Cube and had to look up World's Fair history on the Internet. She wasn't born in 1982.

"My dad came to the World's Fair and said it's kind of odd that I'm working on the Rubik's Cube when I wasn't even around when the World Fair came to Knoxville," said the junior from Huntsville, Ala.

Kessel said he is trying to get the Rubik's Cube ready by early May, in time for the city's celebration of the 25th anniversary of the World's Fair. He said the cube would return to the Fair site, although an exact spot remains to be determined.

That's good news. Other than the Sunsphere the giant rotating Rubik's Cube is easily the most recognizable icon of the World's Fair. The East Tennessee Historical Society is managing the restoration.